Ornamental and useful unique figure



Nov. 25, 1947.

S. SABANEEF I ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL UNIQUE FIGURE 'Filed Nov. 15, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet l Nov. 25, I947. s. SABANEEFF 2,431,621

ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL UNIQUE vFIGURE Filed Nov. 15, 1945 2 Sheets-Sheet z INVENTOR SOPHIE SABANE'E'F'F ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 25, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ORNAMENTAL AND USEFUL UNIQUE FIGURE Sophie Sabaneeif, New York, N. Y.

Application November 13, 1945, Serial No. 628,234

2 Claims. 1

The invention relates to ornamental and useful unique figures.

It is common practice in homes today to display dolls or figures of animals or other objects having a unique or grotesque appearance.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide such a figure, which in addition to its ornamental features will have real utility.

One form of the invention is described in the following specification and illustrated in the drawings forming a part thereof. Referring to said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a top plan View;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view, part of the body being broken away;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, the skirt and body being in section;

Fig. 4 is a perspective View showing one arrangement of the figure;

Figs. 5, 6 and 7 perspective views illustrating other arrangements of the figure.

Referring again to the drawings the figure illustrated is what is termed a snow man. All parts are made of pure white material and the ornamentations and markings are black, thus making for an extremely animated and striking appearance. However the colors could be Widely varied and the figure might assume various different shapes so as to be representative of other animals or objects.

The reference numeral II) designates the body of the figure. As illustrated in the drawings, the body is substantially circular in plan View. However, it is to be understood this body could be of various shapes or contours in accordance with the figure or object it is desired to depict.

The body is formed of fabric and. might have an ornamental button or buttons II on its upper portion Illa. The lower portion Illb as shown in Fig. 2 is divided and connected together or disconnected by a conventional zipper fastening I2. Thus, the entire body comprises a pocket. When the figure is being used for purely ornamental purposes the pocket is filled with cotton wool I or other suitable material to flufi it out. However should one desire, the cotton wool can be readily removed and the pocket filled with other useful articles that one might need in going from place to place.

The two halves of the body are secured together by a line of stitching I6 and that part of the back of the body below the zipper fastening E2 is shirred as indicated at I? to make the pocket more commodious.

Stitched or otherwise suitably secured to the central part of body ID at I8 is a head I9. The head I9 has printed, painted or afiixed thereon the facial features, such as eyes 20, nose 2| and mouth 22. Obviously if the figure is depicting an animal, a bird or some other object, the head I9 could be integral with the body I0 and the forma- I tion of the head made accordingly.

Secured to the sides of the body by the line of stitching I6 which connects the front and back of the body together or other means are parts 2525 simulating arms. These arms are preferably made of a translucent material and are shirred at their open ends as indicated at 26 so as to form additional pockets. Fast to the lower side of the body by the line of stitching It or other means are parts 3030 simulating legs. As with the arms 2525 the legs are made of a translucent material and are shirred at their open ends as indicated at 3I3I to form additional pockets.

Secured to the body portion by the line of stitching I6 is a skirt 35. This skirt which forms an important part of the invention is substantially circular in plan view and has a plurality of eyelets 35 on its periphery with a lacing member or members 31 passing through the eyelets. The skirt 35 is made of transparent, semi-transparent or translucent material and as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4 overlays the arms 25 and legs 30. The pockets formed by the translucent arms and legs might be filled with a darkened material and as they will appear in Figs. 1, 4 and 5 below the translucent skirt will give an excellent simulation of arms and legs. The lacing member or members 3'! are provided with pull members 38.

The arrangement as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4 shows one ornamental appearance of the figure. Fig. 5 shows another ornamental appearance of the figure. In Fig. 5 the skirt 35 has been gathered around the neck of the figure, exposing the leg and arm pockets 2525 and 303Il. The appearance in this representation While still decidedly ornamental will not occupy the amount of space as will the arrangement of Figs. 1 and 4. In another arrangement such as shown in Fig. 6 the leg and arm pockets and the skirt might all be tucked under the body thus encompassing still less room.

Fig. 7 illustrates an additional utilitarian feature of the invention. In this figure the skirt 35 is pulled over the head and upper half of the body and the lacing members 3'! are drawn together by the pull members 38, to form a com- 3 modious pocket for the accommodation of numerous useful articles. With this arrangement the pockets formed by the legs and arms extend outside of the body. The skirt 35 might readily be turned the opposite way and gathered in to form the pocket for various articles. With this arrangement the head would be exposed. The open ends of the pockets formed by the legs and arms might be closed by conventional zipper fastenings instead of the shirring as illustrated.

I claim:

1. An ornamental and unique figure having in combination, a body formed of an upper and lower piece of fabric, a line of stitching securing said upper and lower pieces of said body together so as to form a pocket between said pieces of fabric, a head secured to the central part of said upper piece of fabric of said body, the lower piece of fabric of said body having an opening, means for closing said opening, appendages attached to said body by said line of stitching, said appendages forming additional pockets, and means for closing the open ends of said appendages.

2. An ornamental and unique figure having in combination, a body formed of an upper and lower piece of fabric, a line of stitching securing said upper and lower pieces of said body together so as to form a pocket between said pieces of fabric, a head secured to the central part of said upper piece of fabric of said body, the lower piece of fabric of said body having an opening, means for closing said opening, a skirt secured to said body by said line of stitching, eyelets on the periphery of said skirt, lacing members passing through said eyelets, appendages attached to said body by said line of stitching, said appendages forming additional pockets, and means for closing the open ends of said appendages.

SOPHIE SABANEEFF.

REFERENCES CITED UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Dykman May 4, 1926 Number 

